This course deals with international relations, peace and security. The course will help students gain insight into conflict resolution and the role international and regional organizations play in a changing world.

Course syllabus:
Week 1. The driving forces of international politics. The world order after World War II.
Week 2–3. Change in the post World War II order: the transformation of Central and Eastern Europe; the dissolution of the Soviet Union; disorder in the Balkans – dissolution of Yugoslavia; the short lived American preponderance – the First Gulf War, the American occupation of Iraq.
Week 4. Redressing the balance: the rise of Chinas and the return of Russia (Georgia, Ukraine and Syria). The challenge of humanitarian disasters – western interventions (Bosnia, Kosovo).
Week 5. The challenge of humanitarian disasters – western interventions (Rwanda, Somalia). The challenge of terrorism and the war on terror.
Week 6. Failed aspirations for political change – the Arab Spring and its aftermath. Perennial problems and frozen conflicts.

In this course, the participants will learn how EU policy is made, and how it is implemented by the member states. They also will discuss the challenges of the European multi-level governance structure.

Course syllabus:
Week 1. The variable-geometry maps of the European territory: who and what determines and set the EU boundaries?
Week 2. The European integration, a pioneer political and territorial project.
Week 3. The major outer challenges for Europeans by 2050: what is the impact of the world on the EU?
Week 4. Europe in the world space: between power, influence and marginalization.
Week 5. East – west VS north – south: the new dividing lines in Europe?
Week 6. Europe in the eyes of the world: perceptions and expectations with regard to the European Union in large regions of the global space and to the emerging countries.
Week 7. To go further: 2016: the European Union crisis is getting more acute.

Course syllabus:
Week 1. Introduction.
Week 2. The UN today: what is it?
Week 3. Where did the United Nations come from, and why?
Week 4. Power in international politics: how does the UN Security Council work?
Week 5. What is the place of human rights in international politics?
Week 6. Emergency help: how does the UN respond to crises?
Week 7. Where next for the UN?

Course syllabus:
1. The globalization of knowledge.
2. Building a world order.
3. The current international order.
4. From the society of states to a society of peoples.
5. Order maintained: military hegemony.
6. Disorder emerges.
7. Global goods, global harms.
8. Adaptive organizations.
9. A brave new world.
10. Towards a world government?

The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with what cyber threats and cyber conflicts are and why they occur. In addition, the course covers what the international community is doing to combat cyber threats and increase cyber security.

Course syllabus:
Week 1. Why the European Union?
Week 2. Who is the European Union?
Week 3. What the EU can do?
Week 4. How does the EU work?
Week 5. What can the EU do for you?
Week 6. What can you do for Europe?